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Vol. 1 No. 15
Bishop O'Brien Confirms 322 Here and Plainfield
Catholics Throng Church for
High Religious Rites
Jewett City- The most Reverend Bishop Henry J . O'­Brien,
Bishop of Hartford, was at St. M<!ry's church Saturday
morning, and together with his secretary and assistant chan­cellor,
led in perhaps the most impressive and soul stirring
rel igious ceremony ever held at that church. The vi9iting
d ignitaries were assisted by Reverend Fr. Alfred Sienkilewicz
of St. Joseph's church of Norwich ; Rev. Fr. Ernest H. Boileau
of Plainfield : Rev. Fr. King of Voluntown, Rev. Doucette,
formerly of this parish, and Rev. Frs. Driscoll, St. Onge, and
Blecharczyk.
The group of confirmees gathered in the basement of the
church and followed in procession, upstairs. Bisnop O'Brien
was then escorted from the church rectory by his guard of
honor. consisting of the Reverend Faltlers. They were joined
at the altar by six altar boys.
Bishop O'Brien administered
the sacrament of confirmation to
a class of 207. 23 of whom were
adults. He then addressed the
class, explaining the meaning or
the sacrament, extolling on the
graces that flow from it, and
then, exhorting all to be loyal
to the faith. During the confirma­tion,
the Bishop imposes hands
over the candidates, then anoint­ed
each with boly oils, as they
take on a new, middle, name.
'rrs. Noel Garand at the or­gan,
rendered "Veni Creatus·• and
•·spiritus·· during the continua­tion.
During the benedlclion that
follow ed, she played "0 Salutaris''
and "Tantumergo. '' Following
the benediction. the church choir
san~ "Holy God We Praise Thy
Name.''
in this claaa were: adults, John
Daniel Gill. Thomas Fogarty,
Stanley Joseph Bernat, Clifford
John Martin, Louis Francis Cast­agna.
ro, Walter J oseph Stankie­wicz,
Stanley George Abugel, Jo­seph
}'ra ncls Kane, John Wllllam
Allan, Stanley Joseph Surowiec,
Lillian Elizabeth Harpin. Mary
Louise Phillips, Denise Elizabeth
Brochu, Barbara-.Ann Elizabeth
Castagnaro, Edith Fittkuau, Rose
Alice l"lynn, Sopltie 1\fary Shln­kiewlcz,
Elizabeth Louise Snei­gowski,
Eva Veronica Holt, Rose
Marie Frances McKenna, Delia
Arlene Pepin, Barbara Shirley
Ann Dickinson, Helen Theresa
St. Jean.
Boys: Harris Andrew Laf."leche,
Joseph John Piatek. Norman Wil­fred
Russi, Allan Paul Guillotte,
Charles Adelard Potvin, Henry
Paul Anton, Joseph Anthony Os-
(continued on page nine)
New Minstrel Man
Chajmber Of
Commerce
Jewett City: The newly form­ing
chamber or commerce will
hold Its next meeting on Th urs­day
evening, November 13th at
6 P. M. This meeting will be
held at the Lobster Restaurant
on N. Main street and will be a
dinner session. A principal speak­e
r. we ll versed in chamber af­fairs,
will address the group.
Cards have been sent to the
majority or Interested citizens
and should be honored with a
rep ly. Those receiving cards are
obliged to invite others who may
have been overlooked. Feminine Hunter
.lewett City: Miss Loretta Le­mieux,
daughter of the proprie­tress
of Eagle Lunch, has depar­ted
for a two week's vacation in
Skoegan, Maine, where she will
be visiting Mrs. Wilbur Lagasse.
Miss Lemieux Is reputed to be an
excellent markswoman, capable
or handling the heaviest or the
firearms today in use by your
neighborhood hunter. She is act­ually
going to do considerable
deer hunting and claims that she
will not return without at least
one ''seven pointer".
New Organ For
St. Mary's Church
Jewett City: A new organ has
been installed in St. Mary's
Church. It is a new Wurlltzer, a
two manual organ with an echo
effect in the sanctuary. Chimes
supplement the organ, being lo­cated
in the choir .toft. It ls ec­clesiastically
and artistically cor­rect
In keeping with the highest
oC organ specificaUons.
For this occasion, the church
was most lavishly and methodi­cally
decorated of its entire his­tory.
Many comments we re pass­ed
on the excellent job of decora­ting,
in parlicular. by the visit­ing
priests, in itself a very high
tribute. Credit for the decorations
goes to the sisters or St. Mary's
Convent.
J ewett City - Mr. and Mrs. A special ceremony dedicating
Sponsors for the group were
thP .\Iisses Grace Burda and Anne
Driscoll and Mrs. Elzear Cotnoir,
also, Stanley J. Derda, Thomas
L. Barnett and Leo Methot. Pat­ricia
Sawicki and Jackie Barnett
led the class to the altar.
The names ot those confirmed
Michael :J. Konon o( Ash street the new organ will be held at
are the proud parents of a brand St. Mary's church next Sunday
new baby boy, their first. Mike evening at 8 P. llf. A concert
is au ex-marine, the local tax artist from the Wurlitzer fac­collector,
and minstrel show end- tory will be present, as will Of­man
deluxe. Tbe youngster de- 1'~~icer Frederick l<"eegel of the
finitely shapes up as a chip oft' Connecticut state police whe is
the old block and It Is said that rapidly gaining national acclaim
:\tike Sr .. is a lready in search ol as a si nger. The general public is
a good singing teacher, Al Jolson invited to attnd this special cere-style.
I mony.
St. John's Church Scene
Of Impressive Ceremony
Pla infield - In one of the most impressive ceremonies
of tfie Roman Catholic church, the Most Rev. Henry J. O'Brien,
bisnop of the Hartford diocese, laid hands on 11 5 recipients,
anointed them with holy oils, and thus administered the holy
sacrament of . confirmation at St. John's Catholic church in
Plainfield last Saturday afternoon.
Of the 115, 27 were from the Plainfield grammar school.
18 were adults, and the remainder children-communicants of
the local Catholic church.
AFTERNOON SERVICE
The holy services opened at 3 o'clock on All Saints Day,
as the bishop, escorted from the rectory by visiting priests.
mounted the steps of the church and walked slowly to the
altar. During ltlis entral'lCe, the senior choir rendered the Latin
hymn, .. Ecce Sacerdos Magnus." Upon reaching the altar.
his excellency vested and immediately called for ltle com­municants
to present themselves.
TAKE NEW NAME erclses. the bishop requested all
As each presented himself at to take a pledge to abstain from
the altar rail, the sponsor stood drinking alcoholic beverages un­behlnd
and placed his hand upon til they reached the age or %1-
lhe shoulder or the confirmee. The bishop then addressed the
The bishop Imposed his hands, re- congregation in both English and
cited a prayer, and gave to each French, dwelling upon the mean­a
name chosen by the confirmee lng of confirmation. His address
as his guide and example. Then was followed by benediction or
each candidate was anointed, and the blessed sacrament. with ReY.
reminded that the Imposition of Ernest J. Boileau. pastor, omclat­hand./
was symbolic or the suf- ing, assisted by Rev. Driscoll as
Cering of the early Christians. deacon and Rev. Cote as sub­and
that sutTering will surely be deacon. The senior choir san&"
the lot or those who try to live I "0 ~:'lutaris," "T~ntu"!, Ergo,"
their lives under the grace of the and Laudate Dom1num during
Holy Ghost as an example ot true the benediction. While the sacra-
Chritalnity. ment ol confirmation was beinJ:
RECEIVE SACR.<\..'IlENT received, Roger Gosselin, assisted
Alter receiving the sacrament, by th~. choir, sang :'Ave Maria
each candidate retired to the side Stella. The recesstonal hymn
altar. where the holy oils were was "Faith of Our Fathers."
wiped from the forehead, by Rev. YERY DIPRESSlVE
Donat Cote, All Hallow's church, All the candidates made an lm-
:\foosup, and Rev. Leo !\.faynard. pressive sight as they marched
curate or the local church. The from the parochial school ball to
bishop was a.ssisted in the cere- the church. The boys were dress­monies
by Rev. Alfred Driscoll, ed in dark suits whlle the girls
St. Mary's church, Jew&tt City, wore wbite dresses and nils.
and Rev. Joseph King, St. Jos- As sponsors, the church bad
ep h's church. Voluntown. Rev. I secured :\fr. and Mrs. Tboma.s
John Hackett, assistant to the Flynn, John and Miss Annie
bishop, enacted the roll of master · Leahy, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foy.
ot ceremonies. I :.\lr. and .Mrs. Esdras Caron. Mr.
TAKE PJ,EDGE and )irs. E. Arthur Barry, a.nd
Following the confirmation ex- Continued on Page .l - ---
Borough Meeting
The regular monthly meeting
was held this past Monday evening
at the town hall with Warden
Frank Zavistoski, presiding. Ot·
h~r officials pesent we.re: borough
cle-rk and treasurer, H. Fra:1cis
McLaughlin and burgesses Jim
Wakely, Danny Rourke, and Bib
Chartier.
C
Omm•i tteeiF$3o0r 0G0 rGisowaol lSd eFt ire Democrat Town
Proposes Party Primary 1 Department
I
PACHAUG - A very hard
working committee of interested
citizenss is well on its way to­ward
realizing and establishing
Decisions made were: (ll That
thP Town take care of repairs to
Le:nox Avenue, to be later reim­bursed
by the borough according
to costs. "(2) that the Klewin-Cou­ture
Construction Co., be granted
p<'rmission to construct a home on
tl.e corner of Slater Avenue and
Charles Street. (3) that $150.00 be
appropraited for the winter bas­ketball
season, with play by locals
to be at Griswold High School as
in the past two years. (4) Nor­man
Alley be given permission to
construct a taxi stand on the La­cl:
apelle propet·ty dit·ectly behind
Mr'Broome's Diner .. 5) that the
clerk contact the water departm2nt
t·e!ative to gaining two by-pass
vo lves to be. located in the trian­glo
from Park Square. up East
"'1ain Street across Brown Avenue
.. nd down liflrth Main Street. The
veh·cs were r ecommended by Tho­mas
Wakely, Sr., as a result of
investigation that showed that
such valves would remove a fire
h uzard. You will recall that over
th• weekend. during the repairs of
ono of the hydrants, the entire
cvmmunity had the water supply
shut off.
It was further reported that
$190.00 was saved from sewerage
cor.struction on Maple Street. The
snving was due to the fact that
no undue hazards were encounter
<''I in digging the passage for the
St•\·t~t" J)ipes.
The Democratic Town Com­mittee
of Griswold released the
news this week of a proposed
cha nge In the method of nominat­ing
party candidates to all elec­tive
offices and delegates to party
conventions. The proposed
change in method ot nomination
will a lso effect the Borough Dem­ocra~
party as well, as the latter
committee is going along with
the town committee In the con­templated
change in procedure.
Due to the passage of Public
Act No. 227 by the last session of
the State Legislature, adoption
of rules or some kind a re a MUST
for the Democratic electors of
both the Town or Griswold and
Borough or Jev ett City as well
as every other political sub-div­ision
in every town in the State.
Public Act No. 227 reads as fol­lows:
All act concerning the filing
of oarty regulations controlling
Caucuses or Conventions: be it
enacted by the Senate and House
o( Rorlresentatlves in General
Assembly convened: No authority
or the state or any subdivision
thereof leaving jurisdictlOil over
the conduct or any election shall
permit t he name ot auy party
candidate to be printed on the
ballot or voting machine. unless
there shall have been fi led in the
office or the secretary or the state
at least one copy or the party
rules or regulations controlling
the nominatio~ convention or the
party Caucuses or both ot the
party by which the candidates
are designated; such rules or
regulations to be filed at least
sixty days before such nominating
convention or caucus.
I~rom the above paragraph it
Is readily understood thl\t the
local Democratic Committees
faced with proposing rules for
the conduct of a primary or cau­cus
and then presenting these
proposed rules to the Democratic
e lectors Cor their adoption, re­jection
or amending. At numer­ous
meetings of the local Com­mittees
and acter very careful
consideration, it was unanimously
voted to propose to a joint cau­cus
ot the Democratic electors or
the Town ot Griswold and Bor­ough
or Jewett City that the rules
of a primary be adopted. Ac­cording
to the present plans this
joint caucus will be held In tho
Bijou Hall, Monday evening, Nov.
17th for the adoption or rules
governlug Democratic primaries
or caucuses or both. In the inter­im,
before loca l tlnrty rules a.re
adoplcd nnd take effect the local
DcmQt:ra.tic party Is covered by
State rules which have been fill­ed
with the Secret:try oC State.
In considering the adoption or
a parly prlmar)• rather than a
caucus. the local committees
agreed that we do not have a ha.lt
in lown large enough to properly
couduct & caucus. also ocoulo who
work. in the evening have no pos- lt much needed additional fire de­sible
way or registering their partment in the Town of Gris·
choice In a caucus. whereas un- wold. The rather small goal of
der the primary setup, It~ the $3,000 has been set as the pre·
event ot a contest the pnmary liminary sum necessary to int­would
be open !rom twelve noon tiste the move at aU. It is plan·
to seven in the evening. allowing ned to begin slowly, gaining only
all registered Democ~attc vote~s the· barest essentials required te
~~0~~~. ti~~rtl~~r ~~~~te~h~~ ~arry on a s~cces~ful fire fight-would
put a stop to aU .,..,.s- mg force. Thts wtll be a volon·
slons as to whether a pel"'!on had teer department, of course.
the right to vote iu Democratic $10~0 CONTRIBUTED
Caucus or not as under the pro- One thtrd of the proposed sum
posed rules of the primary a per- of money needed is already ia
son would have to be registered th< coffers as the result of per­Democrat
and· the check list sor.al contacts made by: Bcr
would be used. A primary nad Nardo. chairman, Andrew
would nlso act as au insllrance Bonchuck· Frank Stetson, Char­against
any persott trying to put le• Campbell. Stephen Kulas.
in more than one ballot or voting Arthur Clouthier, John Osga.
more than once Cor the snme ot- BEnjamin Young, junior and se­nce.
A primary would also ellmln- nivr· Paul Martella, and Eve­ate
the confusion, pushing and rC'tt 'Bogle.
pressure that is present at all A partial list of the donors i11·
present caucuses. eludes: Paul Martilla, Chari ..
The Democratic Town nn<l Campbell. Benj. C. Young. Ste­Borougll
Committees llSSures all pl!cu Kulas· Bernard Nardo. An
Democrats that they will llnvc nn Shelly. F. E. Newton. Wll·
ample time to register for the liatn Nofle. John Krinski. Ho....-
party prunnry IC the followmg d p k 'ns Lewis Button 1.
party rules are adopted. The ar cr. 1 , • B 'M
present registered Democratic F . Gardmer. 1\!ack•.n ros. ~r-
Cnucus list will be the slatting to!' Blonder.. Chfford DaviS,
basis or future party enrollment 1\hchacl Medtck. Walter and AI
and It Is planned to have the bert Zvin~lns. La~orte, Joh10
Democratic Registrars hold !re- Minta. Knthertne Mtnta. Chari.,.
quent sessions in the ncar tu- Gray. F:rnrst Iverson. Josep{ Za­turc
for furthe r l>ltrly onrolltu<'nt. tC'rski. Willis Morgan, R. and H.
Proposed rulos will b~ fouutt on Cnmpbclt, E. J . Frink, Daniel
n ai!'Q 1'! r• •• , . iln .. n.-4 ..,._ o .. - ,..